tree-ward part 1 they walk into a forest where lights dance on trunks and the leaves are like green glass they walk past mud-puddling swallowtails (one draught of clear water) past Knysna Louries and the white glints of blue buck in retreat yes the forest dwellers a beloved and she walk past the unbroken bend of rainbow bark into a glade half-turning she looks back out of the dark burst birds butterflies and elephants trample head-on the vegetation grows into a dense fable rabid offshoots that snarl and they flee please oh please run faster coolness a shoulder tap don ’ t look don ’ t it licks her nape look a shadow self looks back the shadow is a feral lion-person the feral lion-person is a shadow with ink-stained teeth with self-sharpening teeth full-toothed it l...
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